(Winsome Lady X Tylwyth Teg) salmon crispata
(the flower is more salmon than this digital
image portrays)
This particular cross was made in hopes of
capturing the pure pink of WINSOME LADY with the branching and thin flower
forms of TYLWYTH TEG. Most of the cross's 100 seedlings look like the near
ancestors of each parent: trumpet and star-shaped early 60's David Hall
pinks and melons. A few showed the Classic Spider influence of TYLWYTH TEG's
ancestory. Colours were clear and ranging from pale melon, cream, lavender,
salmon, rose, rose violet, yellow and mauve, but very few were distinctive.
I liked this flower as it displayed a beautiful soft, rich salmon colour
as well as the large, flat-open, nocturnally-opening qualities that I like
in a Crispata. This form is a VARIABLE CRISPATA in that each day's flowers
strike a different pose in twirling and pinching tepals. No two flowers
are exactly alike. Slow increase, one side branch, pod and pollen fertile.